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Mr. T. C. Morrison will be manager in charge of production and service for Telehoist, Ltd. (Scotland), whose formation is recorded on page 812. He joined Telehoist in 1960 as superintendent of vehicle fitting and fabricating. Telehoist sales in Scotland will be the responsibility of Mr. K. St. George Scott, who served his appenticeship with Albion Motors, Ltd.
Lt.-Col J. G. Barber-Lomax, a director of Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., was created a C.B.E. in the New Year Honours List.
Sir Keith 'Joseph, Minister of State at the Board of Trade, visited the Brentford factory of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., last week as part of his current tour of industrial centres.
Mr. V. J. Davis has been appointed to the Leeds office of Crofts (Engineers), Ltd., in succession to the late Mr. N. Finch. Succeeding Mr. Davis in Stokeon-Trent is Mr. R. Briddock.
Mr. C. S. Steadman has resigned from the board of Smiths Motor Accessories, Ltd. Mr. Steadman, who was also general manager of the Witney Sub-division of Smiths, has left the company.
Mr. R. E. Parkin, at present technical supervisor of The Power Petroleum Co., Ltd., Scottish Division, has been appointed a district manager with responsibility for West Scotland, including Glasgow.
Mr. C. G. Irving has been appointed a director of Dowty Group Services, Ltd. He has been responsible as head of Group Public Relations for all advertising; Press, publicity and exhibition services and will continue to carry out these duties as Director of Public Relations.
Mr: A. R. White has been appointed public relations, officer to the International Road Federation, London. He will take over the editorship of 1.R.F.'s quarterly, Road International, from the present editor. Dudley Noble, in April and will also edit the London edition of the monthly, World Highways.
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Mr. J. E. V. Tyzack has been appointed a director of Polypenco, Ltd., of Welwyn Garden City.
Alderman R. Kelsall, chairman of Doncaser Corporation Transport Cornmittee, has been nominated as the next Mayor of Doncaster.
Mr. J. E. IVIaund, export service manager of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., left last Saturday on an extended business tour of South America.
Mr. A. K. Thomas has been appointed manager of the removals, storage and haulage section of J. J. Edwards, Ltd., of llinckley. He was with Pickfords for 15 years.
Mr. J. A. V. Watson has been appointed a director of Fletcher Miller, Ltd., of Hyde, Cheshire, a member company of the Castro! Group. Mr. Watson is an assistant managing director of the parent company of the group, Castrol, Ltd.
Mr. J. R. Privett, newly appointed general manager of Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., has now been made a director of the company. Mr. J. C. Watson, work; manager of Maudslay Motors, Ltd., has joined the Maudstay board.
Mr. W. E. Sparrow has been appointed chairman of Birfield Tools, Ltd. (a Birfield Group company) in place of Mr. H. E. Hill, who remains on the board. Mr. H. G. Browett, general manager of the company has been appointed a director. Mr. Norman Manders, commercial director of Hardy Spicer, Ltd., a Birfield Group company, has been appointed assistant managing director. Mr. T. G. Jameson, chairman and managing director of Hardypick, Ltd., another member of the Group, has resigned from the board. Mr. Sidney Walker, who joined the board last June, has been appointed chairman and Mr. W. E. Thompson and Mr. K. Walker, both of whom were .already directors of Hardypick, Ltd., have been appointed joint managing directors. The man behind the wheel in Loi Transport's new driver recruiting p is 5I-year-old Routemaster driver J. T. Barrage, of HanwelI garage. H4 been a driver since 1938, on tr trolley buses and buses.
Mr. R. L. Bannister has been appo to the board of H. V. Burlingham, a Duple Group company.
Mr. S. R. Gill, manager of Firest fleet sales division, has retired. He been with Firestone for 37 years.
Mr. D. Lee has been appo Midlands area sales managei Pollard Bearings, Ltd., with effect February 1.
Mr. E. W. A. Butcher, assistant 6 traffic manager of Ribble Motor Ser since last February, has been appo assistant traffic manager in successit Mr. W. J. Hart, who has retired aft4 years with the company.
Mr. H. E. Barry, general man administration, Shell-Mex and B.P., has been appointed secretary of company following the retirement ol R. D. Gibbs. Mr. Barry will hold office in addition to his other duties Mr. H. H. Jeffries has been appo the first director of industrial relatio the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. Mr. . Taylor, formerly group general. mai of the company's body and asse groups, succeeds Mr. Jeffries as dir of manufacture.
Mr. G. Buller has been appointed] sales manager of the Yorkshire P Steam Wagon Co. He succeeds th4 Mr. C. J. Quinnell in charge of sal municipal equipment, including emptiers, cesspool emptiers and sweeping machines.
A senior sales representative of J4 Lucas (Export), Ltd., Mr. H. A. F left London last week for South An for a sales promotion and service s of Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and 1\44 Mr. K. V. Davies, another senior 1 sentative of the-company is due to London next Monday for North and Africa.